Nursing bottle



June 5, 1928.

B. OSHMAN ET AL NURSING BOTTLE Filed M37 1927 h I u run U Patented June 5, 1928.

UNITED STATES,

PATENT OFFICE.

BENJAMIN OSHMAN AND DAVID'OSHMAN, OF NEW YORK, Y.

NURSING BOTTLE.

Application filed May 6,

This invention relatesto nursing bottles, and its principal object is to provide .a

safety, sanitary, eflicient and improved nursing bottle.

Another object is to provide a nursing bottle with a member whichwill positively The usual nursingbottle 1 is provided with a threaded neck 2, over which is threaded a nut 3 that bears upon a gasket 4. which rests upon a ledge5 ofthe bottle and projects into an annular groove 6. Said nut is provided with an exterior thread 7 and a rim 8 the outer wall of whichtapers downwardly and thereby forms an annular groove 9. The nipple 10 is adapted toslip over the rim 8, and preferably its edge 11 is thickenedso as to fill the cavity created by the groove 9. A tapped cap 12 is passed over the nipple and screwed over the thread i 7 whereby its bent rim 13 bears upon the nipple 10 and presses the latter against the rim 8 to positively lock the nipple in operative condition. Should the rim 13 fail to hold the nipple forcibly enough the latter will remain maintained in locked state by the lodgement of its thickened edge or rim 11 withinjthe groove 9 and between the rim 8 and the wall of cap 12. The nut 3 is PTO. vided with a tapered wall 14: against which is wedged a correspondingly tapered flange 15 forming part of a basket-like strainer 16 provided with a plurality -.of fine perforations 17 which strainer is thus frictionally held in projected condition within the bottle when the nut 3 and nipple 10 are in the mounted state shown in Fig. 1.

When using this nursing bottle, the infant feeds at the nipple 10 in the usual manner, and the milk filters through the strainer 16 before entering the nipple and is thereby fed without danger of contamination which might result from possible impurities in the 927. Serial No. 159,247.

milk, As the. nipple is directly locked to the nut3 and the latter is in turn screwed to the bottle-neck, any possibility of the nipple accidentally slipping 011' from .the neck is precluded. The threading of the nut 3 against the gasket 4 produces a firm closure of the bottle, and any, possible leakage 'is prevented. Should the nipple 10 get out of order orshould it be desired to utilize a nipple'of a different gradethe. same ma be removed or.- interchanged byv unthreading the cap 12, replacing the old'nipple'with thenew, and "screwing back the cap 12 into place. Tliebottle-neck 2 is preferably provided with a sharp rim 18 and its inner wall 19 preferably tapers downwardly into the bottle in the manner shown in Fig. 2, thereby preventingv the accumulation of milk often occurring upon theordinary rims of bottle-necks. WVhen the nursingbottle and its parts are in detached condition for sterilization, storage, or other purposes, a

ply, in connection with which bottles the nipples 10 and the nut 3 may be interchangeably utilized.

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Variations maybe resorted to within the I scope of the invention,and portions of the improvements may be used without others.

Having thus described our invention, We claim 1. A nursing bottle having a threaded neck, a tapped nut engaging said neck having an exterior thread, a nipple adapted to slip over a portion of said nut, and a cap threading'over said exterior thread and setouring said nipple to said nut.

2. A nursing bottle having a threaded neck, a nut threading over said neck, a'nipple being slipped over a portion of said nut, and a cap engaging said nut to secure said nipple thereto.

'3. A nursing bottle having a threaded neck, a tapped nut engaging said neck having an exterior thread, said nut having an annular grooved portion, a nipple'havlng a thickened rim adapted toengage said portion, and a cap threading over-said exterior thread and securing said nipple to said nut.

4. A nursing bottle having a neck, a nut engaging said neck having an exterior thread, a nipple adapted to slip over a portion of said nut, and a cap threading over said exterior thread and securing said nipple to said nut.

5. A nursing bottle having a neck, a nut engaging said neck, a nipple being slipped over a portion of said nut, and a cap engaging said nut to secure said nipple thereto.

6. A nursing bottle having a neck, a nut engaging said neck having an exterior thread, said nut having an annular grooved portion, a nipple having a thickened rini adapted to engage said portion, and a cap threading over said exterior thread and se curing said nipple to said nut. I 7. A nursing bottle having a threaded neck, a tapped nut engaging said neck having an exterior thread, a nipple adaptedto slip over a portion of said nut, a cap threading over s aid exterior thread and securing said nipple to said nut, and a milk strainer within said bottle frictionally engaging said nut.

8. A nursing bottle having a threaded neck, a nut tireading over said neck, a nipple being slipped over a portion or said nut, a cap engaging said nut to secure said nipple thereto, and a milk strainer within said bottle frictionally engaging said nut.

9. Anursing bottle having a neck the rim of which consists of a sharp exterior edge and the inner wall of which, slopes downwardly and taperingly from said edge, a tapped nut engaging said neck having an exterior thread, a nipple adapted to slip over a portion of said nut, and a cap threading over said exterior thread and securing said nipple to said nut.

10. A nursing bottle having a neck the rim of which consists of a sharp exterior edge and the inner wall of which slopes downwardly and taperingly from said edge,

a nut threading over said neck, a nipple being slipped over a portion of said nut, and a cap engaging said nut to secure said nipple exterior thread, a nipple adapted to sl p over 7 a portion of said nut, a cap threading over said exterior thread and securing said nipple' to said nut, and a milk strainer within said bottle frictionally engaging said nut.

12. A nursing hottlez having a neck the rim of which consists of a sharp exterior edge and the inner wall of which'slopes downwardly and taperingly from said edge, a nut threading over said neck, a nipple being slipped over a portion of said nut, a cap engaging said nut to secure said nipple thereto, and a milk strainer within said bottle frictionally engaging said nut.

Signed at the city of New York, in the county or New York, and State of New York, this -2nd day or May A. D. 1927.

BENJAMIN OSHMAN.

DAVID OSHMAN. 

